Classical
In the centre of Ottawa sits the large building that houses Canada's National Arts Centre. Built in 1969…
The concert at the Usher Hall was devoted to composers in the nineteenth century and it began with an…
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra was in superb form at last night's concert at the Usher Hall. Under the…
Rossini’s little known opera The Silken Ladder had just twelve performances in 1812 and was quietly dropped.
An evening comprising a newly composed modern classical song cycle by Rory Boyle which sets to music poems…
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was commissioned to write a work to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the…
Most of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s programme at last night’s performance featured twentieth century…
From the outset a sacred, heavenly sound was heard throughout the Usher Hall auditorium as three motets,…
There will have been some older members of the audience who remember Hans Gál, who was born 125 years ago in…
Even the best of singing seems bare in a concert without some human interest and Alistair Digges knew this.
This was Thomas Søndergård’s first night in charge as the RSNO's Principal Guest Conductor.
The conductor at last night's performance at the Usher Hall with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra was Leon…
This was an evening designed to bring to our attention Qatar UK 2013 - to celebrate the creativity, diversity…
This was the concert to celebrate the end of Thomas Søndergård's first season as Music Director. It filled…
Before the concert began I overheard the comment that the Lindberg Clarinet Concerto was simple something to…
We are used to Stéphane Denève wishing us a good evening and then telling us a thing or two about the evening…
The concert opened with the bright and cheerful Suite from Les biches. Poulenc was 24 when he wrote the…
Within the first four minutes we had heard Glasgow born Oliver Knussen's sparkling and intricate Flourish…
Paul Rissmann failed to convince me that Mendelssohn did any more than decide to write a third symphony…
The expectation was for a concert of Beethoven and Mozart; an overture, a concerto and a symphony. And that's…